Ogun State command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has confiscated 33 cartons of substandard anti-malarial and antibiotic drugs estimated at N20million.
The drugs, intercepted at the Nigeria/Benin Republic border, were for onward transportation into the country to be sold in the open market.
The state Customs Area Controller, Multafu Waindu, who disclosed this Tuesday, also stated that the agency had seized 500 bags of smuggled rice with duty value of N5.1million.
Briefing reporters at the Idiroko border post, Waindu revealed that the alleged substandard medications were imported illegally through the border.
According to him, the NCS operatives intercepted the drugs with anti-malarial injections while the suspected importer escaped.
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